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5-4: "The Time Of Angels" 2010.04.24 (recap)
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Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:11 PM
River annoyed me with 10, but I like her and 11's dynamic: I love that he's kind of annoyed by her. I also enjoy the hint that there's something dark or bad about her. I knew a lot of people had theorized that, but good to see it become canon.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:13 PM
I was wondering why they were going on about two-headed creatures when all the statues in the catacombs had one head. I was ready to call it out as a continuity error until it actually became a twist. Same with the fact that the decaying angels were moving slower.
Loved the Doctor/Amy exchange when her hand had turned to stone, "I don't need you to die for me. I'm not that clingy!" and "Do you have space teeth?!" were among the best lines.
Can't wait for next week.
Edited by Shattered Life, Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:17 PM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:19 PM
Anyway, I thought that was a great episode. Angels coming out of the TV, messing with your head, ripping out your cerebral cortex and using it as a mouthpiece; zombie angels chasing you down with their rotted faces, it's good to have a bit of terror back in Doctor Who.
River was the same as last time, occasionally irritatingly smug with her future knowledge and mad TARDIS skills, occasionally utterly awesome with her jumping out of a spaceship hijinks, and oddball relationship with the Doctor.
Hey, church militants who aren't evil! Is this a world first for scifi TV? River's murky past with them could be interesting.
Best moment- so the TARDIS noise is purely because the Doctor leaves the brakes on. Ha! The Doctor trying to mimic the noise was very funny.
Worst moment- The cliffhanger was a bit rubbish, possibly because that speech has been on every bloody trailer for months. Oh, and a big groan for the appearance of that tired old movie cliche "Black Guy Dies First".
Edited by Ransom, Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:20 PM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:29 PM
"Dry your eyes mate" would be perfect for a Weeping Angels episode.
Mike Skinner from the streets eh? not at all who I would expect to see in Doctor Who! Do you think he might rap in a bit?
So much better than last week, and the incidental music wasn't even up to 11 all the time either. Had no idea it was a two-parter beforehand, seemed to fly by. Lots to discuss in this one but will have to wait as Alex Kingston just kneed Matt Smith "in the knackers" on Confidential.
That bloody cartoon ident for Graham Norton popping up right across the screen in the climax of the episode was beyond tacky though. Licence fee cancelled etc.
Edited by SofaSoGood, Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:44 PM.
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Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:42 PM
And yes, it really flew by fast. That really surprised, that happens way too few with the TV show I follow, if you ask me. I had also so much fun with the line 'I'm hunting statues', probably more than I should have.
Is it next week yet?
River annoyed me with 10, but I like her and 11's dynamic: I love that he's kind of annoyed by her. I also enjoy the hint that there's something dark or bad about her. I knew a lot of people had theorized that, but good to see it become canon.
I know what you mean. Before with Ten she mostly annoyed me, but here I wasn't, even though she was still acting the same. I just loved it that the Doctor was annoyed with her, that was just too much fun to watch.
Edited by Safrodite, Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:43 PM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:52 PM
I know what you mean. It was a recording, what the hell could it do, but the angels are all about perception, so...? And then the Doctor read out the part about how an image becomes the angel.
'Doctor, turn around and go to Amy, go to Amy!!!!'
It makes me wonder about retinas.
And I wonder that that part was about our dreams not needing us any more. Did we dream them?
After this, I can't wait to see what they come up with for the season's scary two-parter.
Edited by SunlessNick, Apr 24, 2010 @ 1:59 PM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 2:05 PM
So, what was there to like about tToA? Quite a lot really -
- Whatever holds the image of an Angel, becomes an Angel I thought that this was really well done - the slowly dawning realisation on Amy's part that something is not right here with the looped recording of the Angel while Eleven and Song try to figure it out from the book.
And, to be honest, Amy's solution didn't seem as out of place as her solutions in the last 2 episodes. Freezing frame on the static seems an eminently logical thing to do.
- They're coming out of the walls! I loved the "oh crap" moment when it dawned on our merry adventurers that the statues should have all had 2 heads and that they were, in fact, all Weeping Angels. It seemed very reminiscent of that moment in Aliens when the Colonial Marines realise that the aliens are, in fact, all around them in the walls.
- Lance-Bishop? Ohhh really? Ransom commented on the church-militants who aren't evil and it seems to me that this is pretty much a first. The idea of a church-controlled military got me to thinking about the ranks they might have. That's when the 'orrible 'orrible Lance-Bishop pun waved it's hand and said "hi".
Because, if we take the idea that the Angels coming out of the walls was inspired (in part) by Aliens, it was Lance Henriksen who played the character Bishop. See, I told you it was a horrible pun!
- Assorted cortex-ripping Now that's just plain nasty in a creepy sort of way. If Weeping Angels weren't spooky enough before, now they can use dead mens' brains to communicate with you!
- Take the handbrake off! Absolutely loved Matt Smith's whimpy attempt to imitate the TARDIS' SFX and howled at the idea that the only reason it even makes that noise is that the Doctor keeps leaving the brake on.
I am sorry to say that I found River Song just as tedious in this episode as I found her in SitL and FotD: all the knowing smirks and winks, and being a better driver of the TARDIS than the Doctor. The whole condescending "my doctor is better than you'll ever be" attitude kind of sucks too. If we never see her again after next week it'll be too soon.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 3:19 PM
If the angels weren't scary enough before, we have rotted angels.
After last weeks ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't I'm very glad to see there doesn't seem to be any jealousy on Amy's part about River. Also the doctor listening in while trying to appear busy was great.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 3:24 PM
It seemed very reminiscent of that moment in Aliens when the Colonial Marines realise that the aliens are, in fact, all around them in the walls.
Because, if we take the idea that the Angels coming out of the walls was inspired (in part) by Aliens
Believe it or not, Moffat uses an analogy of Aliens vs Alien when comparing this story to Blink...
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Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 3:48 PM
Actually killing someone, ripping out their brain and using it to talk to the Doctor? Just when I thought the angels couldn't get much scarier.
Although to be honest, I felt this was more in the tone of SitL/FotD, as I feel like those ones were a mix of scary things, a bit of humor and lots of action-adventure type stuff, while "Blink" was just terrifying for the entire time.
I liked Amy quite a bit here. First of all with her closing-of-one-eye-at-a-time method, which I'd always wondered why no one have thought of. And the pausing at the static was genius, I hadn't thought of that.
I'm very, very excited for next week. The promo looked fantastic.
Edited by Sapphie3, Apr 24, 2010 @ 3:48 PM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 4:01 PM
Did anyone else have mixed feelings about the Angels talking, albeit in just about the creepiest way imaginable? I rather liked the fact that until now the Angels have been fittingly sphinx-like in their motivations. Plus the talking through the dead thing reminded me too much of the Vashna ...Vishnu ...oh bollocks, the shadow monsters from the Library one. I'm worried that if the Angels get too chatty they'll lose their mystique faster than you can say "Hey, who turned out the lights?" Loved the manky looking fallen angels though.
(ironic) Congrats to the BBC for ruining the climax to Doctor Who with a cartoon Graham Norton telling about another f**king talent show.
edit - Suddenly realised that Mike Skinner wasn't two different characters in the same episode!
Edited by SofaSoGood, Apr 25, 2010 @ 5:20 AM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 4:23 PM
I'm not sure if Matt has better chemistry with Alex than David did but the interaction between 11 and River is definitely bettter than 10 and River and that's saying something.
River knows so much about the Doctor that it's easy to see why he was frustrated with her. Who taught her how to motor the TARDIS? Is she criminal and what is she as well? Maybe she's the Pandorica. I jest, kinda.
I loved the banter between Amy and River, I really did. Amy kind of went out of her way to show us how she wasn't jealous with the Doctor and River that it was rather admirable in it's own way.
We still don't know if River is Mrs Doctor though Amy's teasing certainly was amusing enough. Maybe she's not. Hopefully we'll find out soon though.
The Weeping Angels were a strong point of this episode. Their return was definitely different and learning more about their proprties, effects on people. The Doctor certainly wasn't lying when he said that being sent back in time by one of them was a kinder way to die.
It looks like Amy's becoming an Angel in the worst possible and how effective was it when they used Bob's vocal chords to speak as well. They certainly managed to stick it to the Doctor in such a manner as well.
The cliffhanger for this episode was odd compared to the ones we get in most two parters, not terrible but definitely odd. Love that River knows the look of all the Doctor's faces as well. Did she really call Eleven, 'babyface'? Yikes.
Mike Skinner I wasn't surprised to see. When this episode was being filmed, he tweeted that he was appearing in the series, though he didn't do anything in this episode, 8/10.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 4:44 PM
Amy was pretty competent, though she makes the classic zombie movie error of going everything is fine when it's clearly not (at least in a zombie movie you have the excuse that if you tell people you've been infected, you're going to be killed - what's the worst the Doctor's going to do, send her to sit in the TARDIS?). Did like the way the angels mess with her perception and the Doctor getting round it by biting her hand (apparently MS really bit KG's hand, much to her surprise). The cliffhanger was a bit weak though as we see that the Doctor has blown up the ceiling and so we know that'll be how he gets away (it would have been a better cliffhanger had they cut it about 30 seconds earlier, surrounded with the angels closing in).
(And I thought it was really funny seeing all those actresses in their angel costumes dancing around and listening to their iPods between takes on Confidential).
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 4:49 PM
I do hope that doesn't mean they're going to get rid of the sound. They've already changed so much, and that is the iconic Doctor Who sound.
Take the handbrake off! Absolutely loved Matt Smith's whimpy attempt to imitate the TARDIS' SFX and howled at the idea that the only reason it even makes that noise is that the Doctor keeps leaving the brake on.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 4:57 PM
Best episode of the season, nice mix of plotty, scary and funny. I didn't much like River in SitL/FotD, but I didn't mind her this time around for the following reasons:
-While Ten seemed to think River was great and just wanted to avoid "spoilers", Eleven seemed to genuinely be annoyed and aggravated by her tone and smugness.
-The knowledge that she is definitely more than she first appeared to be--we know she was in prison and I bet there's something even bigger or worse about her that we will find out by the end of the season.
-River's smug "look at how awesome I am"/"I Companion better than anyone ever" was mostly cancelled out by Amy's ongoing snark.
-The implication that all the future!DoctorRiver adventures don't necessarily have to happen, because "time doesn't work that way". Creepy and timey-wimey all in one!
Regarding the last point, I really enjoyed that particular scene between Amy and the Doctor for a reason I can't quite put my finger on. It was scary and moving and awesome and a smidge, uh, shippy.
Bring on part 2! Where it looks like they will explain The Crack a bit!
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 4:57 PM
I do hope that doesn't mean they're going to get rid of the sound. They've already changed so much, and that is the iconic Doctor Who sound.
I'm almost certain they're won't. It seems like 11 knew about the stabilizers, but didn't want to use them because they make things "boring." Same with the breaks, I suspect.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 4:59 PM
They keep hammering us with the marriage possibility but think of it in those terms: When a person meets their future spouse for the first time everything is new, everything is uncertain and exciting, everything is wide eyed and fresh. Years go by, there's happiness, but that newness fades away to familiarity. Old married couples DO get on each others nerves, because no other two people could ever know each other as well, with all the bad parts of that thrown in with the good.
So I'm theorizing that Alex Kingston is purposely going over the top as a badgering overly assertive long-term spouse as a set up for our seeing the other end of that relationship.
Hm, or take that farther: In this episode, she's a wife in the middle years (say, 45-55 years old in human terms) of a lifetime marriage. She's comfortable, but also always feeling slightly uncertain about the relationship, as both of them are changing as years roll by. Hence the somewhat abrupt criticizing and ordering. The River we saw in Silence of the Library was certainly strong-willed, but she was also considerably more comfortable with the Doctor, not showing off their relationship or feeling the need to dominate him -- a confidence that comes with several more decades of their life together (think of a couple celebrating their 50th anniversary).
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 5:26 PM
I'm glad they figured out a way to let the angels talk. They're a cool monster, but without a voice they are a little limited. I'm not going to worry too much how they talk through the dead guy. We needed to hear from them somehow.
Most of those statues were decaying. Maybe the Angels are sick? I guess we'll find out next week.
I thought the scene where Amy is ignored was well thought out. She is very new and knows almost nothing about operating the Tardis or assisting the Doctor. It must of stung when the Doctor advised her to spend the day in the Tardis. Off hand, I don't recall a scene like this with Rose or the other recent companions. But, it is logical that there are times when the Doctor needs to deal with serious problems alone.
Edited by aceplace57, Apr 24, 2010 @ 6:03 PM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 6:01 PM
I do hope that doesn't mean they're going to get rid of the sound. They've already changed so much, and that is the iconic Doctor Who sound.
If they get rid of the sound, I might not be able to watch anymore. It sort of disturbs me how sacred the Tardis is to me, but it really is.
I don't really get where this two-parter is going. I mean, I get the plot, but I don't see the point yet. Hopefully next week will explain.
River and the Doctor - I liked how River "called" the Doctor to her this time. Stephen Moffat is always good at exploring the tricks you can do with time travel. I also thought it was very believable that the Doctor would want to get the hell away from River as soon as he could. But, in most of the episode there wasn't quite the complexity of how I think the Doctor would feel about River. When I think back to the tenth Doctor's reaction to her when she told him his name and when he watched her die - I was expecting more of a reaction. Instead, this time he mostly just seemed vaguely miffed at her.
Amy and the Doctor - I loved them in this episode. The Doctor telling River to hug Amy when he couldn't, and then telling Amy she was magnificent and then biting her hand. I love how the Doctor is both Amy's protector and her biggest fan. It's a very sweet paternal vibe and it's something we haven't seen yet in newWho.
Edited by Blue Castle, Apr 24, 2010 @ 6:02 PM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 6:04 PM
Also the first time he meets her, she 'dies' I think that affects him too. If he doesn't get so involved with her maybe she doesn't go to the library...
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 6:22 PM
They need the bodies for something, so the Doctor theorised. That might mean the cerebral cortex to talk with, or it might mean something else - after all, one cortex, three bodies.
And what happened to "Killing you nicely"? Ripping out your cerebral cortex doesn't seem very nice to me!
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 6:30 PM
Bob's dead voice was probably one of the most chilling things in this episode and I can just imagine how scared young kids are watching this when I was getting shivers.
I was a bit irritated with River Song at first in this episode, and so I hope there is a character based reason for that. She did keep saying that they are meeting at the wrong times. I wonder if that is just a regular time travel thing or if the crack is messing up when they "should" be meeting up.
And I am not sure of the filming order of episodes, but I actually don't like Amy as much after seeing her in 4 episodes as opposed to my first impression of her. I know that episode one was not the first one filmed, so maybe KG is still trying to find the character in this one. I hope that when we are mid way through, she is back to what she was doing in the initial episode.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 6:41 PM
And I am not sure of the filming order of episodes, but I actually don't like Amy as much after seeing her in 4 episodes as opposed to my first impression of her. I know that episode one was not the first one filmed, so maybe KG is still trying to find the character in this one. I hope that when we are mid way through, she is back to what she was doing in the initial episode.
This was the first episode filmed actually. Well this and the conclusion who knows the exact order of scenes, but this was very early.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 7:04 PM
Well given what being warned of his future did to Ten in the specials, he can't be happy about the spoilers River represents.
I guess, in my head, River is a combination of the Doctor fears most and what he wants the most. And now he's watched her die in front of him. I want him to be more than slightly irritated by her or skittish around her.
Edited by Blue Castle, Apr 24, 2010 @ 7:06 PM.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 @ 7:20 PM
Hope the idea of ideas existing independently of people conceiving goes somewhere next week and that it has something to say to whatever we might learn about River.
I can't remember the exact line of dialogue so I may be off, but my fanwank (which may well be wrong but would be awesome if it was right in my head) is that that line ties in to the fact that "the image of an Angel becomes an Angel."
What if merely the act of *thinking*, or maybe believing, that something is a Weeping Angel, makes it the "image of an Angel" to the person who sees it - and therefore it does, in fact, become one? What if the idea that any stone statue could be a Weeping Angel somehow spread as a meme and became a part of the belief system of every single living thing in the galaxy? There really would be an army of them. These are beings of quantum potential, after all - as said in Blink, they feed on what might have been. Could they only be called into being by people believing they've seen them? There's nightmare fuel for you - if you even entertain the thought that the gargoyle on your local church could be a Weeping Angel, it becomes one...
My personal pet theory is that none of the statues in the temple were originally Weeping Angels, until the Doctor and River thought of the possibility. That's why they were originally completely blank, and their features only come into view once the Doctor convinces himself that they are really Angels. I'm sure it'll all end up being much less pretentious than this, but I'm allowed my theories!
Perception is clearly a much more integral part of what makes the Angels monstrous than previously suggested in Blink. I had thought that Amy was really turning into an Angel, but clearly her perception has been buggered with somehow instead. I'm looking forward to seeing how the next episode plays out for her.

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It's the first anniversary for two Portola businesses sharing the same name, Portola Depot. Both are located on Commercial Street; one is referred to as Track 1 and sells quality used furniture. The other, Track 2, sells gently used family clothing. Owners John Scism and Shelley Marks are having a huge sale, as much as half off, in both stores Jan. 21 – 25.
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Tom Joyce, broker and owner of Graeagle Real Estate and Graeagle Properties, has been in the real estate business in the Mohawk Valley, Portola and surrounding areas for more than 35 years. Tom and his associates can help you buy or sell residential and commercial property. They also manage rental properties from their offices located at the entrance to the Plumas Pines – Plumas Eureka Estates development on Poplar Valley Road.
Ed Cammack celebrates his 14th year as proprietor of Plumas Motor Supply and Radio Shack in Quincy. He bought the business from his father, Bill, who moved to Plumas County in 1966 and, along with his wife Beth, purchased the auto parts business in 1986.
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Fizone's involvement in the sport began when he was a youngster.
"I got involved in racing probably around 1958. It's always been drag racing but it was my father's dream that I went to Indy Car racing since that's where he came from," he said. "He was a crew chief on one of them but I wanted to go with Nitro and dragsters."
He got started in drag racing as a 14-year-old crewmember and over the years has raced everything from passenger cars to Top Fuel dragsters as well as watched the sport evolve into what it is today.
"My first actual race was in 1961 I believe at Irwindale Raceway, which was then known as River Grade Raceway," he said. "I was working in a fab shop, like this, as a helper so I had an idea of what my first race would be like. But it was so stimulating and so exciting to be up there and do it the bug was there."
His first big ride was in a 1965 Mustang owned by Bob Blynn, who had sponsorship from a Ford dealer. Later Fizone and Blynn went on to build and race a funny car.
Asked about driving a Funny Car, he said, "Actually it's very exciting, it takes a little more muscling. You use finesse to drive a dragster, you use muscle to drive a funny car."
Fizone explained the whole body plane of a funny car provided more force then does the wing and front canards of a dragster.
Over the years Fizone has driven both front and rear engine dragsters. The difference, he explained, is that in a front engine car the driver can see where its going but in a rear engine car the feel is different and if the motor has a problem it can't be seen.
"The kids of today are driving rear engine dragsters and the majority that go on in motor sports are looking at nostalgia or top fuel," he said.
Over his racing career Fizone said he's fastest speed was 225 mph. While he still drives, and sometimes tests the cars his shop builds for other people but he doesn't drive fuel cars anymore.
"Don't want to do it any more, it's not my desire to go out and live on the road," he said. "If you're on a fuel team today you race from Thursday through Sunday and then on Monday morning you're testing. Then Tuesday you fold up your tent and you go to the next track."
His career path changed after a young girl, who was almost a niece, said she wanted to go racing.
"We were running at that time an A Fuel dragster and she said, 'I want to go junior racing,'" he said. "I said if she could get her parents permission we'd make it happen."
Fizone didn't like the car he got so he bought out a company in Indianapolis, moved it to Sparks and that's how Visions Race Cars got started.
While Visions fabricates or modifies many cars, its specialty is building junior dragsters, a class that just celebrated its 21st anniversary. These little racecars are the training grounds for the next generation of racers.
Asked to explain the class he said, "A Junior Dragster is a scaled down version of the big car. It comes with a replica of a Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine"
The youngest class is for 8- to 9-year-olds and when they turn 10 these drivers move up to the next class. Every step up the ladder the motors increase in power and the speeds they are restricted to increase.
All of the junior classes run a 1/8th mile track, 660 feet, and they are restricted to a certain top speed. As an example an 8-year-old can run no faster than a 12.9-second run while a 10-year-old can do 8.90 seconds while a 13-year-old driver can go 7.90 seconds.
The starters run on gasoline while the other two run on alcohol fuel.
Once a driver is 14 years old, they can participate in what is known as Junior Comp, which uses a bigger car and the cockpit is like one that races in the 7-second range. These cars use a GXR 1000 Suzuki motor but until they're 16 they still run the 1/8th mile at 6.9 seconds or 110 mph for their quickest times.
"After they turn 16 years old and get their operators license for a motor vehicle then they can apply for their competition license and race on the full quarter mile track and some have run a 9.05 second pass with a top speed of 152 mph," he said.
He related the story of a 16-year-old girl that showed up to get her driver's license on a Friday. Her examiner was really set back when she told him the license was needed so the girl could race at 150 miles an hour.
But getting that NHRA license is harder than passing her driver's test for a passenger car.
The first requirement is making six perfect runs down the track, under the watchful eye of a driver that holds a license in a higher category. One slip up and the process must be repeated.
They also must pass a blindfold test where the new driver has to prove they can find all the controls without having to look for them.
In fact Fizone's granddaughter once got her driver's license on a Friday, passed the tests for her competition license on Saturday and won her her first race on Sunday.
He did admits putting the company in Sparks came with some obstacles.
"My biggest challenge at getting going was that we located a little bit out of the mainstream of racing as Los Angeles is the mainstream of junior drag racing. But that was soon overcome and we started shipping cars to Southern California, to the Midwest, to Australia, to New Zealand and overseas. And as it progressed we've shipped cars all around the world now," he said.
The results are pretty impressive for a small shop.
The business does have a seasonal cycle starting with a lot of repair work early in the year then, at the season's end, replacing cars as drivers move up to the next level.
One thing that separates Visions from its competitors is that the shop also builds the adult version of cars. And their junior dragsters also look somewhat like a top fuel car but without the wings.
"It has a Top Fuel look to it, a windscreen the front suspension, the rear end as we manufacture what's called a four-link dragster," he said. "We're fashioned more like the big cars because that's our heritage."
At the division's anniversary there was a celebration at the Nationals held at Pomona, Calif. At that time the kids asked the pros to come and autograph their cars, many did and some got into the small cars as well.
Several pros got their start in junior dragsters.
Fizone added that many times people working their way up drag racing's ladder system really aren't there for the money but opportunity. However it takes dedication and a lot of hard work to make it a paying profession as in all forms of motor sports.
"If you take the average person that follows the circuit they travel between 40 and 50 thousand miles a year," he said. "So you have to have some sponsorship, some help. If you're a kid the family gives up an awful lot to do it."
One example he mentioned is 14-year-old Megan Shaffer from Yerington. She and her father are a single parent/single parent team. Right now there aren't too many youngsters in this area competing in junior dragsters as most have aged out so Fizone is looking for new prospects.
She is just one of the 5,000 youngsters competing in this program.
He explained that junior drag racing is a family in itself and when Top Gun Raceway in Fallon hosts its divisional race at Octane Fest will be a minimum of 55 of these cars, some as far as away as Denver and Phoenix. All the kids know each other and their families all help each other and socialize as a group.
"One of the things that's amazing is the grades these kids carry academically so they can race," he said. "They also learn public speaking as people come up and ask them questions."
When it's time for the divisional awards banquet the younger racers are included with the adults.
One aspect of the sport Fizone mentioned is that both the kids and their families learn both how to win and lose gracefully. Nothing is a given in motor sports and a good series of runs can go sour very quickly so these young people learn quickly how to handle each situation.
And at the races, if dad is competing in a big car the moms jump in and do all the tasks like setting up the car, doing the math needed for a good run, strapping their child into the dragster and telling them how they should do a burn out as well as the run.
In addition the kids, boys and girls, have tasks they also do with the car such as fueling, checking things. It's a busy time at a drag race meet.
When asked what he was thankful for Fizone said, "I thank the National Hot Rod Association for doing what they do for kids. I thank the tire developers like Mickey Thompson for making a safe tire. And Crow for making safety equipment for the kids. They make equipment dedicated to kids.
Racing is a dangerous sport so we want to take advantage of every bit of safety we can. When we develop a car, a system that protects the kids, and not just kids but all people. You're not just protecting yourself but you're protecting your competitor and spectators.
Over the years Fizone has watched many of those youngsters that raced his junior dragsters, grow into adults and are now driving cars that go from 250 to 300 miles an hour. Knowing that he was part of this is a great source of satisfaction.
Asked what was his least favorite part of the sport, he responded, "It's the drive home."
"My most favorite is watching a youngster develop," he said. "I would again use Megan Shaffer as a perfect example. In her second year she crashed and totaled her car but walked away unscathed. Then they had to save their money for a new car and now she finished fifth in her division, not too bad for a little girl that's only been doing this for three to four years."
He added at 21 they are aged out of the program and more of them are turning professional. And there are more girls than boys racing in this group.
"The girls are a threat to the boys and they let them know it," he said.
For Bud Fizone, his wife and partner the business has been fueled both by their passion and love for the sport. And he's very grateful to be where he is now.
"It's just fantastic, you just can't imagine. Not everybody has that opportunity to do it, I've got to live both sides of the fence and now I'm living it with the kids. And I find this to be the most achieving and most and gratifying," he said.
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In addition to her National Team experience with Ireland, O'Brien played seven seasons in the USL W-League and playedwith the United Kingdom for the Arsenal Ladies Football Club. Arsenal, the most successful team in the U.K., competed in world-class events such as the European Cup and FA Cup. In the USL, she played six seasons for the Long Island Rough Riders before one season with New Jersey Sky Blue. Ireland has been ranked 27th in the FIFA World Rankings out of 116 national teams from around the globe.
O'Brien served as an assistant coach at Columbia University from 2005-07 and was an assistant at New York University from 2004-05. She played collegiately at Florida International University from 1998-2001 and was a two-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. She also earned first-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors twice and was a two-time All-Sun Belt Tournament selection. O'Brien is FIU's all-time leader in shots (288), goals (58) and points (134) and is second in program history in assists (18).


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Many families may not be aware, but October has quietly become a month of healthy awareness. Millions rally behind Breast Cancer Awareness efforts each October but known to fewer people is that October is also National Orthodontic Health Month. Members of the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) typically utilize this time to conduct activities that educate the public about proper oral hygiene and the preservation of a child's orthodontic treatment during Halloween.
Striving to be anything but "typical", Dr. Dennis Hiller and the team at Hiller Orthodontics have lead a multi-community candy drive come to be known as "Treats for Troops. Treats for Troops was created six years ago as a means to engage communities in orthodontic friendly, healthy food choices while providing something special for troops stationed both locally and abroad. Dr. Hiller feels that Treats for Troops is a real win-win situation. "Our patients and friends can limit their intake of excessive sweets and our troops will know we are still thinking of them. We are thrilled we can lift their spirits."
Hiller Orthodontics has conducted the "Treats for Troops" program for over six years. With the unanimous support of northern communities like Laconia, Conway, Littleton, Plymouth, Berlin, Wolfeboro and St. Johnsbury, over 3,000 lbs. of candy have been redistributed. Last year alone more than 500 lbs. of candy was collected and redistributed. This year's community efforts include collection bins at several local schools including Lancaster, Whitefield, Gorham, Berlin, Conway and Laconia. If you or your school would like to be a part of the Treats-for-Troops campaign or are looking for your nearest collection bin, please contact us at Hiller Orthodontics at 1-888-HILLER2.


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Another day, another debate. Which goalie should to start and why? This is the main question that plagues you, and for good reason, for there are so few guarantees when it comes to who will get the call on any given night. Even a number of NHL coaches are making questionable decisions in net, ultimately affecting every single fantasy team in some way or another. Therefore, it's time for a lesson in how decisions can negatively and positively affect a team.
I decided to focus my energy on the Avalanche and the Panthers and their goaltending over the course of a week. Part of this was because they were both 10th place in their respective conferences and also because both teams played each other yesterday afternoon, making it a great opportunity to watch what happens when worlds collide.
It begins with Andrew Raycroft's stellar performance in a 3-2 win against Detroit last Monday. The fact he even got the start was surprising, especially since Peter Budaj had started 22 of the last 25 games. Sure enough, Detroit had read the scouting report on Raycroft (high glove side) and they went after him hard in the first period.
Well, Raycroft's glove ended up being a major factor in Colorado winning the game and this proved to me a couple of things. One, Jeff Hackett's coaching wizardry seems to be continuing well into his second season. Secondly, Raycroft stays as cool as the other side of the pillow in one-goal games. And considering Colorado is tied with the most one-goal games in the league at 20, playing with a lead is of utmost importance to the Avalanche making the playoffs.
Now the decision to go back to Budaj after Raycroft's win in Detroit was an easy one for Tony Granato to make, mainly because it was a back-to-back situation. But Budaj struggled in his previous game in a 3-4 loss to Chicago, so the pressure was on him to perform well in Philadelphia and follow up Raycroft's big performance. But Budaj was a huge step behind, allowing five goals on 24 shots in a 5-2 loss. His confidence was draining with every Flyers goal.
The next game for Colorado was in Tampa Bay and Raycroft was rewarded for his win in Detroit with another start. He put up a second straight strong performance with 37 saves on 38 shots and capped a 2-1 shootout win with a huge glove save on Martin St. Louis. Two big wins for Raycroft in two games, two tough losses for Budaj in two games. Despite all that had transpired, Granato still chose to go back with Budaj on Sunday against Florida.
On the surface it seemed like a simple assertion that Budaj is the undisputed #1 in Colorado. But the major gaffe was that Raycroft, who played better in each game, was not rewarded with a third start. Granato essentially rolled the dice again and chose to start Budaj over Raycroft, the one that was coming off two very strong games.
Not lost in all of this of course are the Panthers. Craig Anderson had started eight out of the last 10 games until he allowed five goals on 30 shots against Vancouver in a 5-3 loss. Regardless, many still believe he had already taken over the starting job, mainly because he was so proficient when he faced more than 40 shots. Tomas Vokoun had played strong in their previous game, however, making 35 saves in a 3-2 win over the Flames.
Then after Anderson had his struggles in the loss to Vancouver, it was Vokoun who, like Raycroft, got the next start in Carolina. Again he made 35 saves and allowed two goals, but this time it was a losing effort. That didn't have any impact on how well he played, however, as Vokoun continued to build on his previous game.
So exactly like Colorado had done, Anderson struggled in two consecutive starts, while Vokoun played strong in his two latest starts leading up to Sunday. The big difference came when Vokoun was rewarded with a third start. So instead of going back to Anderson just because he may be touted the #1, Florida went with the hot hand.
Lo and behold the two teams collided on Sunday and it resulted in a 3-0 shutout victory for Vokoun. And therein was the difference in yesterday's game. Florida took advantage of a goalie that played well in his previous two games. Colorado felt that two great games by Raycroft still didn't deserve a third start.
When a goalie is obviously playing extremely well, there is no reason to not feed off of it, especially when the other goalie is struggling. There is no reason to start Budaj when he is already on pace to start 69 games over the season, which happens to be a franchise record. Granato should have rolled with Raycroft and let things happen naturally.
Now Budaj's struggles look even worse, as he's allowed 21 goals with a 1-5-1 record in his past seven road starts, while Raycroft loses an opportunity to string three strong performances together. Vokoun on the other hand gains confidence from the shutout while Anderson is pushed to work harder in practice in order to earn that next chance.
Flyers starter Marty Biron recovered from a nasty three-day bout with the flu, but that didn't automatically guarantee him the chance to start right away. Backup Antero Niittymaki put together his best performance of the season by making 47 saves against the Washington Capitals on Saturday, and was rewarded by getting the start less than 24 hours later against the Devils. The Flyers lost in a shootout, but Niittymaki still played extremely well in that game and still got the opportunity to do so, thanks to a head coach riding the hot goalie.
Simeon Varlamov should get more playing time in Washington. Steve Mason should keep getting the starts in Columbus and Vokoun should certainly play the next game for the Panthers. Whether or not this happens, well, that's up to the planets to decide. But the lesson is that even if a team has two starters or two backups and regardless of which one is the actual #1 guy, a successful coach and a successful fantasy manager will always ride the hot goalie.
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The WILLIAM E. FISCHELIS AWARD recognizes a book pubished in 2012 that makes a significant contribution to the study of 19th century American art and artists. Angels and Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th Century America, by lead author Holly Pyne Conner contributes to our understanding of the portrayal of girls in America by letting us discover angels, tomboys, miniature mothers and carefree sprites, and girls who combined all these traits, through insightful essays and excellent illustrations.
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Patagonia Announces Move to 100% Traceable Down
Patagonia Inc., the outdoor apparel company, is proud to announce the company's move to 100% Traceable Down across its entire collection of down-insulated products, starting in the Fall 2014 season. Patagonia Traceable Down is sourced from birds that have been neither force-fed for foie gras production nor plucked for their feathers and down during their lifetime. Six years in the making, Patagonia's Traceable Down standard provides a robust assurance of sound animal welfare…please see the full press release here
Patagonia Traceable Down Is Verified Non-Live-Plucked, Non-Force-Fed
As of spring 2013 we use Patagonia Traceable Down in our Ultralight Down products. It comes from white geese that were neither force fed for foie gras production nor plucked of their feathers and down while they were still alive. Patagonia Traceable Down also provides robust assurance of sound animal welfare. We intend to add Traceable Down styles each season.
The lengths we go to verify Patagonia Traceable Down go far beyond written guarantees, supplier self-certifications or partial audits. We authenticate chain of custody of our white goose down using our newly developed, holistic traceability audit that includes physical inspection of the supply chain from farm to garment factory, interviews with workers and all of the paperwork in between. The audit is performed by an independent, third-party, traceability expert.
We are still using gray goose down in many of our down products while we work to shift our supply chain to the exclusive use of Patagonia Traceable Down. The gray goose down we use is not live-plucked, but it is force-fed to produce foie gras.
Continue reading to learn a little about the production of down and down products. You'll also see a history of our efforts to examine our down supply chain, our discoveries and challenges, and the actions we're taking to adopt the best possible long-term practices.
Patagonia Down
We use goose down in insulated garments because of its excellent performance. Down has a higher warmth-to-weight ratio than synthetic insulation, and it is more compressible. The higher the grade of down, the more efficient the insulation. We also offer garments with synthetic insulation – in different weights, grades and styles – to meet our customers' varied needs.
Down clothes are tricky to make in two ways. First, special care has to be taken to safeguard workers who fill and sew the garments. Down rooms have to be sealed off from other areas and workers have to wear masks to keep from inhaling the fiber. We have worked with our factories to ensure healthy conditions for people who work with down and even developed a special down health-and-safety audit checklist.
More difficult to control is the treatment of geese. Live-plucking, in which feathers are removed from live geese before they molt, is said to be akin to having one's hair pulled out. Force-feeding geese to fatten their livers in the production of foie gras is another controversial practice.
Timeline of Our Efforts
Our suppliers are forthcoming, but what we learn does not sit well with us. Four Paws is correct: We are unwittingly using down from force-fed geese raised for foie gras and meat. We don't see any evidence of live-plucked down in the parts of the supply chain we visit. And we verify that the slaughterhouses we inspect take steps to ensure they do not buy live-plucked birds and that they contract with the goose farms to specify that there is no live-plucking. This is bolstered by occasional audits of those farms.
Existing chain of custody documentation provides good traceability of down from the farm level to the slaughterhouse thanks to Hungarian food industry laws. The chain of custody, however, is not as robust from slaughterhouse to down processors. We begin implementing a plan to improve document linkage and the labeling and separation of our down at all levels of the supply chain, including the garment factories, to ensure that we get no live-plucked material.
We also begin looking at other down supply chains where live-plucking and force-feeding of geese is illegal. Our materials team visits Poland to investigate potential new down sources, and we approve one source (that has limited capacity) for use in a range of styles.
During the three-month period, auditors assess more than a dozen sites over seven field days, including a down garment factory in China, a down processor in the U.S., and various international down processors, slaughterhouses and farms - including a parent goose farm (where eggs are produced) and a hatchery. The auditors evaluate animal-welfare practices against the August 2012 version of the Patagonia down standard, as well as European Union and individual countries' laws pertaining to animal welfare. To measure robustness of traceability of the supply chain, our expert looks at the hallmarks of good traceability: documentation trails, physical labeling and segregation of down, and management systems. She then verifies the system's robustness through the tried-and-true supply chain auditing methodology of document review, observation and worker interviews.
We receive reports at each stage of the assessment in each country. They include assessment summaries, analysis of gaps in tracing systems, good practices and a final score for animal welfare and overall traceability management systems. We also receive a final summary report linking all site visits and one final quantitative score for traceability management systems and animal welfare/live-plucking/force-feeding.
To our knowledge, no other company has gone to such lengths to assure chain of custody.
January 2013
Patagonia has a history of affecting change in supply chains, and we are hopeful to do it with down. In this spirit, as of spring 2013, our entire collection of Ultralight Down clothing uses white down from geese that have been verified by an independent, third-party traceability expert to be non-live-plucked, non-force-fed. It is our hope to expand this offering each season as we build up a Traceable Down supply chain based on our Down Supply Chain Animal Welfare Standard.
Going Forward
To improve down supply chains across the board, we are participating in the formation of an Outdoor Industry Association and Textile Exchange Down Task Force, part of the Materials Traceability Working Group. The goal is to foster collaboration among brands and suppliers to establish traceability standards and methodologies for down products and supply chains. Traceability will allow brands to verify claims about the down used in their products, including whether the geese that supply it have been live-plucked or force-fed.
In the meantime, the caveats we first raised to Patagonia customers in spring 2011, and updated in December 2011, still apply. Vegans whose avoidance of animal products extends to shoe leather may want to avoid down clothing. And those who believe foie gras should not be produced or sold may also want to avoid our gray down products. We continue to offer high-quality garments insulated with synthetic materials as alternatives. Thanks for your interest. We will continue to discuss this issue as things develop.
White Goose Down
White goose down is a byproduct of the meat industry, just like grey goose down. Ours comes from Poland, whose laws governing the husbandry of geese differ from those of Hungary. White goose down is collected at the slaughterhouse after the geese are killed for their meat. The white geese in our down supply chain are not force-fed, live-harvested or live-plucked.
Gray Goose Down
The use of goose down in consumer products is not without controversy. Animal rights groups have sensitized many of us to some of the inhumane practices associated with this industry. The gray goose down we use in many of our insulation products comes from Hungary, where it's collected at the slaughterhouse after gray geese are killed for their meat and fatty livers. The Hungarian gray geese in our down supply chain are not live-plucked, but they are force-fed.


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